# METHODOLOGY - VIH/SIDA en América Latina: Datos Epidemiológicos por País 2000-2020 (Intervalos de 5 Años)

**DOI:** https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/99WRWQ | **Author:** de la Serna, Juan Moises

## Design
Type: Documentary data compilation
Scope: Latin America | Period: 2000-2020 (5-year intervals)

## Sources
- UNAIDS (aidsinfo.unaids.org)
- WHO Global Health Observatory
- PAHO (paho.org)
- National health ministries

## Process
1. Data extraction from official sources
2. Cross-validation across sources
3. Standardization and cleaning
4. Quality control and documentation

## Tools
- R 4.3+ (tidyverse, data.table)
- Python 3.10+ (pandas, numpy)

## Limitations
See LIMITATIONS.md
